Awards for 2011

Satellite Award

Best Motion Picture

WINNER

The Descendants

NOMINEES

The Help
War Horse
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Shame
Drive
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Artist
Moneyball

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Mistérios de Lisboa

NOMINEES

A Torinói ló
Miss Bala
Faust
Le gamin au vélo
Las acacias
Le Havre
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart

Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

WINNER

The Adventures of Tintin

NOMINEES

The Muppets: (Walt Disney Pictures, Jim Henson Productions)
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio

Best Actor in a Series, Drama

WINNER

Justified: Timothy Olyphant

NOMINEES

Friday Night Lights: Kyle Chandler
Breaking Bad: Bryan Cranston
Boardwalk Empire: Steve Buscemi
Shameless: William H. Macy
Treme: Wendell Pierce

Best Actor in a Motion Picture

WINNER

Drive: Ryan Gosling

NOMINEES

Take Shelter: Michael Shannon
The Descendants: George Clooney
The Guard: Brendan Gleeson
Warrior: Tom Hardy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Gary Oldman
Rampart: Woody Harrelson
J. Edgar: Leonardo DiCaprio
Shame: Michael Fassbender
Moneyball: Brad Pitt

Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical

WINNER

Louie: Louis C.K.

NOMINEES

Doc Martin: Martin Clunes
Community: Joel McHale
Episodes: Matt LeBlanc
Wilfred: Elijah Wood
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Charlie Day

Best Actress in a Series, Drama

WINNER

Homeland: Claire Danes

NOMINEES

The Good Wife: Julianna Margulies
The Killing: Mireille Enos
Friday Night Lights: Connie Britton
Sons of Anarchy: Katey Sagal
Torchwood: Eve Myles

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

WINNER

Raising Hope: Martha Plimpton

NOMINEES

Desperate Housewives: Felicity Huffman
Parks and Recreation: Amy Poehler
Mike & Molly: Melissa McCarthy
New Girl: Zooey Deschanel
The Big C: Laura Linney

Best Actress in a Motion Picture

WINNER

The Help: Viola Davis

NOMINEES

Oranges and Sunshine: Emily Watson
My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams
Tyrannosaur: Olivia Colman
Young Adult: Charlize Theron
The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep
Higher Ground: Vera Farmiga
The Lady: Michelle Yeoh
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen
Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Drive: Albert Brooks

NOMINEES

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Andy Serkis
A Dangerous Method: Viggo Mortensen
My Week with Marilyn: Kenneth Branagh
Moneyball: Jonah Hill
Carnage: Christoph Waltz
Horrible Bosses: Colin Farrell
Beginners: Christopher Plummer
Oranges and Sunshine: Hugo Weaving
Warrior: Nick Nolte

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Jessica Chastain

NOMINEES

Shame: Carey Mulligan
Coriolanus: Vanessa Redgrave
Albert Nobbs: Janet McTeer
Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart: Lisa Féret
The Descendants: Judy Greer
Midnight in Paris: Rachel McAdams
The Help: Octavia Spencer
Super 8: Elle Fanning
Carnage: Kate Winslet

Best Director

WINNER

Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn

NOMINEES

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Tomas Alfredson
The Guard: John Michael McDonagh
Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
The Descendants: Alexander Payne
Shame: Steve McQueen
The Help: Tate Taylor
Hugo: Martin Scorsese
War Horse: Steven Spielberg
The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

Best Screenplay, Original

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick

NOMINEES

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart: René Féret
Tyrannosaur: Paddy Considine
The Guard: John Michael McDonagh
Shame: Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WINNER

The Descendants: Jim Rash, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon

NOMINEES

The Help: Tate Taylor
War Horse: Lee Hall, Richard Curtis
The Adventures of Tintin: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish
Moneyball: Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian
Albert Nobbs: John Banville, Glenn Close, Gabriella Prekop

Best Cinematography

WINNER

War Horse: Janusz Kaminski

NOMINEES

Drive: Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo: Robert Richardson
Faust: Bruno Delbonnel
The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki
The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman

Best Art Direction & Production Design

WINNER

The Artist: Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper

NOMINEES

Mistérios de Lisboa: Isabel Branco
Hugo: Francesca Lo Schiavo, Dante Ferretti
Anonymous: Stephan O. Gessler, Sebastian T. Krawinkel
Water for Elephants: Jack Fisk
Faust: Yelena Zhukova, Jirí Trier

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Water for Elephants: Jacqueline West

NOMINEES

Faust: Lidiya Kryukova
Mistérios de Lisboa: Isabel Branco
Jane Eyre: Michael O'Connor
Anonymous: Lisy Christl
The Artist: Mark Bridges

Best Film Editing

WINNER

The Guard: Chris Gill

NOMINEES

Shame: Joe Walker
Drive: Matthew Newman
The Descendants: Kevin Tent
War Horse: Michael Kahn
Warrior: Matt Chesse, Sean Albertson, John Gilroy, Aaron Marshall

Best Sound (Editing & Mixing)

WINNER

Drive: Dave Paterson, Victor Ray Ennis, Lon Bender, Robert Eber, Robert Fernandez

NOMINEES

War Horse: Richard Hymns, Tom Johnson, Andy Nelson, Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom
Super 8: Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood, Anna Behlmer, Mark Ulano, Andy Nelson
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Erik Aadahl, Gary Summers, Greg P. Russell, Ethan Van der Ryn, Jeffrey J. Haboush
The Tree of Life: John Pritchett (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Adam Scrivener, Stuart Wilson, James Mather, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Hugo: Robert Legato, Alex Henning, Ben Grossmann, Adam Watkins

NOMINEES

War Horse: Ben Morris
Super 8: Dennis Muren, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri, Paul Kavanagh
Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Jeff Capogreco, R. Christopher White, Joe Letteri
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: John Richardson, David Vickery, Greg Butler, Tim Burke
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier, Scott Farrar

Best Original Song

WINNER

Albert Nobbs: Brian Byrne (composer), Glenn Close (lyrics)
For the song "Lay Your Head Down"

NOMINEES

The Muppets: Jason Segel (Performer), Bret McKenzie (Writer)
For the song "Man or Muppet"
The Muppets: Bret McKenzie (Writer), Amy Adams (Performer), Jason Segel (Performer)
For the song "Life's a Happy Song"
Gnomeo & Juliet: Bernie Taupin (Lyricist), Elton John (Performer and Composer), Lady Gaga (Performer)
For the song "Hello Hello"
We Bought a Zoo: Jon Thor Birgisson (Performer and Composer), Cameron Crowe (Lyricist)
For the song "Gathering Stories"
Happy Feet Two: Pink (Performer and Writer), Billy Mann (Writer)
For the song "Bridge of Light"

Best Original Score

WINNER

Soul Surfer: Marco Beltrami

NOMINEES

War Horse: John Williams
Super 8: Michael Giacchino
Drive: Cliff Martinez
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Alexandre Desplat
Water for Elephants: James Newton Howard

Best Documentary DVD

NOMINEE

Countdown to Zero: Lucy Walker

Best Youth DVD

WINNER

The Lion King
Two-Disc DVD & Blu-Ray Diamond Edition

NOMINEES

Secretariat
Rocky and His Friends
Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends DVD
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter: The Complete 8 Film Collection
The Rocketeer
20th Anniversary Blu-Ray Disc

Best DVD Extras

WINNER

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Complete Saga

NOMINEES

Das Boot
Two-Disc Collector's Set
Super 8
Two-Disc Edition
Planet Earth
Limited Edition
Blue Velvet

Best Classic DVD

WINNER

West Side Story
50th Anniversary Edition

NOMINEES

A Clockwork Orange
40th Anniversary Edition
Citizen Kane
Ultimate Collector's Edition
C'era una volta il West
Blow Out

Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Case Histories: Jason Isaacs

NOMINEES

Thurgood: Laurence Fishburne
Luther: Idris Elba
Too Big to Fail: William Hurt
Page Eight: Bill Nighy
Downton Abbey: Hugh Bonneville

Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Mildred Pierce: Kate Winslet

NOMINEES

Downton Abbey: Elizabeth McGovern
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story: Taraji P. Henson
Cinema Verite: Diane Lane
Page Eight: Rachel Weisz
Upstairs Downstairs: Jean Marsh

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNERS

Game of Thrones: Peter Dinklage
Sons of Anarchy: Ryan Hurst

NOMINEES

Mildred Pierce: Guy Pearce
Community: Donald Glover
Modern Family: Ty Burrell
Justified: Walton Goggins
Too Big to Fail: James Woods
How I Met Your Mother: Neil Patrick Harris

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Desperate Housewives: Vanessa Williams

NOMINEES

Boardwalk Empire: Kelly Macdonald
Justified: Margo Martindale
Downton Abbey: Maggie Smith
Up All Night: Maya Rudolph
Modern Family: Sofía Vergara
Mildred Pierce: Evan Rachel Wood
The Killing: Michelle Forbes

Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical

WINNER

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

NOMINEES

The Big C
Louie
Episodes
Community
Modern Family

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Mildred Pierce

NOMINEES

Thurgood
Too Big to Fail
Cinema Verite
Page Eight
Downton Abbey

Best Television Series, Drama

WINNER

Justified

NOMINEES

Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Friday Night Lights
Sons of Anarchy
Treme

Best Television Series, Genre

WINNER

American Horror Story

NOMINEES

Once Upon a Time
The Walking Dead
True Blood
Torchwood
Game of Thrones

Golden Satellite Award

Best Motion Picture, Documentary

WINNER

Senna (feature film): Asif Kapadia (director) (Working Title Films (production company))

NOMINEES

Pina: (Sundance Selects)
Project Nim: (Roadside Attractions)

Special Achievement Award

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture

WINNER

The Help: Mary Steenburgen, Jessica Chastain, Sissy Spacek, Chris Lowell, Aunjanue Ellis, Cicely Tyson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Viola Davis, Mike Vogel, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney

Best First Feature

WINNER

Tyrannosaur: Paddy Considine

Career of Outstanding Service in the Entertainment Industry

WINNER

Brian Edwards

Outstanding Performance In A TV Series

WINNER

American Horror Story: Jessica Lange

Auteur Award

WINNER

Peter Bogdanovich (director)
Given to filmmaker whose singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production give a personal and signature style to their films.

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